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In this episode Kim interviews Avigail Gimpel, M.S., author of HyperHealing: The Empowered Parent's Complete Guide to Raising a Healthy Child with ADHD Symptoms. As moms to kids with ADHD symptoms, they discuss the research, adapting to the expectations of their environment, school, accommodations, and emotional triggers.  They talk about how having a growth mindset is so helpful to parenting kids with ADHD, how to set up good habits, deal with social struggles and more. Avigail talks about how to build a hyper healing team to hep your child grow and succeed.  Avigail is so encouraging and offers incredible practical support and advice.

Avigail's Book

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Kim talks to Brooks Palmer, author of Clutter Busting and Clutter Busting your Life: Clearing Physical and Emotional Clutter to Reconnect with Yourself and Others.  They talk about the role of stuff in our lives, how to examine if your stuff is serving you anymore.  Brooks has so much insight about the role of physical and emotional clutter in our lives. He talks about our inherent worth as human beings and how our stuff is not who we are.



Brooks Palmer Website

Clutter Busting

Clutter Busting your Life: Clearing Physical and Emotional Reconnect with Yourself and Others

In this timely episode, Kim welcomes back Dr. Catherine Schmidt and Dr. Betsy Chung to talk about developing a healthy relationship with news, media and social media. They talk about ways to monitor your news intake to protect your mental health, how to navigate relationships on social media, comparison and how to consume wellness information online. This episode is relevant to everyone right now.



Dr. Catherine Schmidt Website

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Dr. Betsy Chung Website

Dr. Betsy Chung IG

In this episode, Kim interviews mom or four, life and style blogger, Jennifer Reid about motherhood. They talk about adjusting emotionally as a mom and a family after kids leave for college. They talk about connecting individually with each child and what they looks like with boys and with girls. Kim and Jen discuss social media and comparison and how that impacts us as moms and as women. Jennifer is such a connected mom and wife and she really values family.  She shares lots of real life wisdom and insight into raising kids in the face of today's challenges in this heart warming episode.

Jen's IG

Jen's website: A Woman Like You

Kim interviews Shari Foos, a marriage and family therapist about The Narrative Method.  The Narrative Method is a way we connect with others through sharing our stories.  Kim and Shari talk about radical gratitude, relational mindfulness, forgiveness and understanding, apologies, and they even share some of their stories as they connect.

You can join the 12 week narrative method program or free zoom ins by visiting the links below.



The Narrative Method IG

The Narrative Method Website

The Narrative Method 12 weeks program (begins 2/26)

Kim interviews Kristin Buchel, the author of Noteworthy Parenting. They talk about how to develop your own personal parenting plan, parenting peer pressure, family bonding, how to build a parenting network, and working through your own emotions so that they don't negatively impact your parenting.  

Noteworthy Parenting

Noteworthy Parenting Roadmap: A companion journal

Noteworthy Parenting Website

Noteworthy Parenting IG